The Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Cape Town and the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) in Hermanus, hosted an unveiling ceremony of a monument dedicated to Russian cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space.
The South African space sector company, ZASpace Inc. hosted a virtual industry consultation event and invited SANSA to talk about recently received funding from the South African Government and private funders for the Space Infrastructure Hub.
South African government departments will now be able to monitor over 30 000 dams, up from the 250 they can currently keep track of.
SANSA collaborated with Amazon Web Services, and the African data science competition platform Zindi to create an AI tool that identifies informal settlements using SANSA’s satellite data.
The South African government has given the go-ahead for SANSA and NASA to look into placing a space vehicle tracking and communications ground station in Matjiesfontein, Western Cape.
When the position of Space Weather Project Lead opened up at SANSA, Keenan Janneker jumped at the opportunity of working with a space agency, something he’d been fascinated about for a long time.
The first African ground station that will receive satellite data for early warnings against natural disasters is ready for testing.
SANSA’s Space Infrastructure Hub (SIH) has secured R4.47 billion in funding as part of the South African government’s plan to boost economic growth through infrastructure development. Minister of the Department of Science and Innovation, Dr. Blade Nzimande congratulated SANSA at
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The outbreak of COVID-19 increased the need to fast track service delivery in informal settlements to ensure adherence to physical distancing measures and basic hygiene. The Government of South Africa established several interventions to fast-track the provision of shelter and